Creator
Joanna M[uir] Brown
Recipient
John Muir
Transcription
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Glenside, PA
Jan 17. 1898.
Dear Brother John:
I received a letter from Sarah a day or two ago containing a P.O order for eight dollars which she said was a Christmas gift from you to myself and the children.
I thank you for your kind thought of us. May the coming year be a good one for you and yours.
We continue to like Glenside very much as we find it pleasant and healthful. We have had no severe weather Yet. most of the winter has seemed almost too mild - we are
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in about the same latitude as in Kansas City, but there is no [malaria?] here
The children are growing as fast as possible, and doing well in their studies, they like school better here than in Portage and the teachers speak highly of them.
Sarah says you are still pegging away with your pens - I often wonder what you are writing on now, and if the book of which you spoke when last I saw you is ready for publication. We saw your letter on "Klondike etc. in the Philadelphia" Press last fall.
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I am sorry to hear that you are troubled with your throat difficulty I guess you need to climb the mountains again. I have stayed in doors [until?] I take cold very easily. When spring comes I am going to try to get time to cultivate a few flowers and maybe I will cultivate a little more vigorous health at the same time.
With love to the many california relations.
I am so ever
Affectionately
Joanna M. Brown
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Location
Glenside, Pa.
Date Original
1898 Jan 17
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 12.5 cm.
Recommended Citation
Brown, Joanna Muir, "Letter from Joanna M[uir] Brown to John Muir, 1898 Jan 17." (1898). John Muir Correspondence (PDFs). 2059.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2059
Resource Identifier
muir10_0047-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 10, Image 0047
Collection Identifier
Online finding aid for the microform version of the John Muir Correspondence http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt0w1031nc
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
Holt-Atherton Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Pages
2 pages
Keywords
Environmentalist, naturalist, travel, conservation, national parks, John Muir, Yosemite, California, history, correspondence, letters
